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Rachelle Galloway-Popotas

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Rachelle Galloway-Popotas is the Haas Institute’s Communications & Media Manager. Rachelle plans and executes the communications strategies and tools needed to bring the research of the Haas Institute and the faculty clusters to the media, community-based organizations, and policymakers.

Prior to the Haas Institute, Rachelle worked for 10 years managing communications at a large international development organization, East Meets West Foundation (now Thrive Networks) and before that, she managed member publications and online media at a San Francisco-based social justice and media advocacy nonprofit, a membership collective of independent publications such as Mother Jones, Harper’s, The Nation, In These Times, Tikkun and dozens more progressive and activist publications.

Rachelle has spent the last 15 years working in nonprofit communications in the Bay Area. Her specialty is helping amplify the work of organizations through branding, design, defining an organization’s editorial voice, and building a communications structure that will support an organization's strategic vision.

Rachelle got her start in communications for higher education at California State University, Sacramento, where she studied graphic design and then worked as a staff designer position for the Public Affairs office. Rachelle also holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations. Rachelle is a member of the Caddo Nation.

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This edition of the Haas Institute newsletter, which covers activities from Jan. 1–August 31, 2016, features articles on fear of the Other and toxic masculinity in the age of Trump, many updates on our programs and projects, the latest news on our faculty clusters, and much more. Download the issue...

PUBLISHED APRIL 2016 For immigrants and the formerly incarcerated, the very act of living is often presumed criminal. Unable to share their stories openly for fear of being “discovered,” these individuals constantly confront the burdens of exclusion. Immigration law and criminal law have trapped...

The Haas Institute's Fall 2015 newsletter features articles on "Voting Rights for the Incarcerated & Immigrants," "Race and Literature in 2015," and "Women & STEM: It's Not Just a Matter of Numbers." Download this issue .

In a report examining the US Farm Bill, the Haas Institute finds that corporate control and structural racialization within the US food system leaves marginalized communities disproportionately impacted by the agricultural policies and outcomes generated by the Farm Bill.

The Haas Institute Spring Newsletter highlights key program activities, research and events from the spring 2014 semester. Download and read the full newsletter with key features that include: An analysis of the current state of "Global Hunger and the Food System" by our Global Justice program...

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